In
1922, The Sykes and Thompson Company distributed Thurston’s Magic Box of
Candy. Each of the 50 numbered boxes included a different magic trick,
with instructions written by Walter Gibson. There were 20,000 produced
of each numbered box, for a grand total of one million boxes. Each box
contained two and a half ounces of chocolate taffy kisses wrapped in
white paper, a Magic Coupon to redeem for a “more elaborate apparatus,”
and a magic trick that was printed on a small 4 page instructional
booklet.